Manchester United 2-0 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 31 January 2012
Result
Manchester United 2-0 Stoke City
Premier League · Tuesday 31 January 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 2-0 Stoke City: match report
Manchester United defeated Stoke City 2-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 31 January 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.
Chicharito opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Chicharito (38', penalty) and Dimitar Berbatov (53', penalty). Stoke City did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 51 points from 22 and Stoke City 8th on 30 points from 22. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Stoke City 14th with 45.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Stoke City in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-L-L-W and Stoke City's L-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 37'Yellow card · Andy Wilkinson
- 38'Penalty goal · Chicharito
- 43'Yellow card · Paul Scholes
- 53'Penalty goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 53'Yellow card · Jonathan Walters
- 81'Yellow card · Robert Huth
Head-to-head
Team news
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Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)
Ben Amos, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans, Chris Smalling, Antonio Valencia, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Dimitar Berbatov, Javier Hernández Balcázar, Paul Scholes
Stoke City expected line-up (4-3-3)
Asmir Begović, Danny Higginbotham, Robert Huth, Matthew Upson, Andy Wilkinson, Salif Diao, Wilson Palacios, Kenwyne Jones, Cameron Jerome, Rory Delap